The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-03-02
'ratp the county of Teton AMI for the

CRATE the county OF Teton AMI fnr tile
election OF officers thereof
c. B. No. 25, an act to provide for the
erection off territorial prison and the
custody and labor of territorial prison
ers, was read and referred to the conn.,
mittee on territorial improvements.
Visitors from the Dakota legislature
having appeared within the bar of the
house, a recess of fifteen minutes was
taken. that they might exchange greet
ings and extend hospltalities.
Z. b. No. "a, concerning the education
of deaf mutes and blind children was
read and referred to the committee on
education and labor,
II. B. No. .56-Limiting the indebted
ness Of Yellowstone county passed by
unanimous vote.
II. B. No. 5S-Concerning the Lords
day, was read a third time. Marshall by
unanimous consent amended as follows:
Amend section 9 SO as to read: "The
first day of the week as used in this act
hereby declared to extend from 8 o'clock
a. M. Sunday morning until l2 o'clock
Sunday night"
The Sunday law being under consid-
Grafton, and on its final passage, which in
its provisions seeks to suppress every
character of business from saloon bar to
a barber chair, Mr.. Anderson made a
very interesting speech upon the subject,
quoting from scripture to prove his as
sertions in apposition to the bill.
THURSDAY, FEB. 24-Petitions from
Billings and Saltwater against the pass
age of the penitentiary bill, were read;
also petitions from the same localities
favorable to the bill.
A petition from Choteau asking for the
creation Of Teton county, and one from
Fort Benton against the cutting off of
any portion of Choteau county were
read.
Marshall gave notice of a bill fixing
the compensation of sheriff for dieting
prisoners.
Bills were introduced as follows:
By Hoffman-H. b. No. 80. an act con-
cerning the sale of poisonous drugs.
By Holt-H. B. No. 81, an act to pre-
vent diseased animals to run at large on
public ranges.
By Johnson-H, B. No. 80, bill to
prevent the poisoning of dogs and other
domestic animals, and to define the pun
ishment for the same.
Mr.. Speaker announced the signing of
G. b. No. "a in relation to the punish
ment of crime.
II. B. No. 41-An act concerning chat-
tel mortgages, after considerable discus
sion by by Harwood, Blake and others,
passed.
II. B. No. 49-A bill regulating ap.
peals from orders granting new trials in
the district courts, was read third time
and lost.
H. B. No, SO. All act to repeal the act
providing for the appointment ofa person
to care for the Montana arsenal at cost
of 5000, per annum, was read.
The bill was lost.
H. B. No. 7l-Defining the law in re-
leation to charts, was read and passed by
vote of 10 to 8.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The motion of Holt made on yester-
day to indefiitely postponed c. B. No. 2l,
the arbitration bill, was lost,
On motion Of spaulding the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That tho governor is here
by requested to transmit to the house of
representatives all reports made by the
keeper of the arsenal, military stoTes'
ETC., since January lst, 1880.
The house went into committee of
the whole for the consideration of H, B.
No. 50--the fee bill
The deputy district clerks fees were
first considered, the and salaries per
annum in addition TO fees we're fixed as
f.